| Purpletop Vervain |
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| File size | 660508 |
| Original date | 10/14/15 8:41 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 4.5mm |
| Exposure time | 1/1500s |
| Aperture | 6.8 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON |
| Camera model | COOLPIX S9600 |
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Botanical name: Verbena bonariensis Family: Verbenaceae (Verbena family)
Synonyms: Verbena intercedens, Verbena inamoena
Synonyms: Verbena intercedens, Verbena inamoena
Purpletop Vervain is a tall and slender-stemmed
perennial herb. It can grow to 6 ft tall and can spread up to 3 ft
wide. At maturity, it will develop a woody base. Fragrant lavender to
rose-purple flowers are borne in tight clusters located on at
branch-ends and in leaf-axil stems, blooming from mid-summer until fall
frost. The stem is square with very long internodes. Leaves are ovate
to ovate-lanceshaped with a toothed margin and grow up to 10 cm long.
Purpletop Vervain is native to tropical South America, naturalized in
Nilgiri Hills.
| Identification credit: Siddarth Machado | Photographed in Nilgiri Hills, Tamil Nadu. |
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